UK EuroMillions winner spared jail after killing pensioner in Christmas Day crash

Sentencing Topham on Thursday, Judge Catarina Sjolin Knight handed him a 16-week suspended sentence and told him he would be the subject of an electronic tag and curfew

Matthew Topham admitted causing death by careless driving (Joe Giddens/PA)

A lottery winner in the UK has been spared jail despite killing a pensioner in a Christmas Day road crash.

Matthew Topham admitted causing the death of 75-year-old Mary Jane Regler by careless driving on December 25, 2019 after taking his eyes off the road to retrieve his screaming two-year-old son’s teddy bear.